Welcome Sawyer William and To Our Blog

7 weeks old and getting so big!
































Brand Spankin' New :)








We welcomed our adorable baby boy home 7 weeks ago and he has changed so much in those seven weeks! We will try to post updates on our family as often as possible.

Sawyer William Van Wyk arrived at 5:57 am on Sunday January 25 after 26 long hours of labor- but only 6 of which we spent in the hospital. He was one week overdue by dates, but I went into labor on my ultrasound due date (and the day my mom guessed he would arrive- she laughed when i told her i had been having contractions since 4:30 that morning) and he arrived the next morning on the day grandpa Erv predicted he would come all along! I was scheduled to be induced that Tuesday if he didn't show up by then and I was disapointed- I wanted to go into labor on my own! The day before I went into labor I spent shopping with my mother in law hoping the walking could stir something up- and that evening zach and our friends and I got Mexican food. I was very uncomfortable and felt huge..I was more than ready to meet our son. I woke up at 4:30 am having contractions and I knew they felt different than all the braxton hicks I had been having for days. At 6:15 I told Zach I didn't want him to go to work that morning...he was excited but then fell back asleep.
We decided after 20 hours of laboring at home it was time to go to the hospital as I was getting more and more uncomfortable. We showed up at about midnight- and I was only 3cm dilated and had already been at a 1 before labor! I was uncomfortable and not pleased at how slow things seemed to be going. Two hours later- I was one more cm dilated at a four and after having been awake for 22 hours in labor I was exhausted- our dr. broke my water to speed things along. I had been handling my contractions just fine on my own until then- wow. I got my epidural 30 min later- that was a rough 30 minutes waiting for him to arrive- turns out I had gone from 4cm to complete and ready to push BEFORE my epidural and prob. could have done without...but the relief was amazing for me! At 5:57 am our son Sawyer William entered the world. It was the most amazing thing Zach and I had ever experienced and still is- he brings us so much joy every single day. He smiles and coos now and it is so much fun to interact with him- and he has been doing great at night which is a blessing! He was 6lb 14oz at birth and is about 11.5 pounds already! He is changing so much!